Israel Today has learned that the appointment of the leading candidate to replace the head of public health services will not happen without a tender. • The Ministry of Health was informed that there is no urgency in appointing
In the next two days, the Ministry of Health will publish a tender to select a replacement for the head of the public health services in the Ministry of Health, Professor Sigal Sadecki, who announced her resignation a few weeks ago. Israel Today has learned that the appointment of Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price, the current leading candidate to replace Sadecki, did not take place without a tender, the Civil Service Commission decided.
The Prime Minister and the Minister of Health presented the new Commissioner for the Corona // Photo: GPO
The Ministry of Health was informed by the Commission that Prof. Sadecki was not female on the date of her departure, and therefore there is no urgency in appointing a deputy. The Ministry of Health will be required to hold a tender as usual, which will allow a number of candidates to run for the position. Israel Today also learned that Dr. Elrai-Price asked to be allowed to accept the position of acting on the condition that she would exceptionally be allowed to compete for the permanent position later, when the tender went into effect.
Last night, the Ministry of Health applied to the Civil Service Commission to appoint Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price, deputy director of Carmel Hospital, as deputy head of public health services in place of Sigal Sadecki, who resigned about three weeks ago. Commission.
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Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price also serves as the Director of Quality and Safety at Carmel. She specializes in internal medicine, public health and preventive medicine, and has completed a specialization in Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention in the United States. Senior in the internal unit and in the infectious diseases unit at Carmel Hospital.
Elrai-Price served from 2013-2010 as the Chief Epidemiologist of the State of New Hampshire in the United States and was even responsible for investigating infectious disease outbreaks.
A source familiar with the details of the appointment noted that there is no connection between Elrai-Price's occupation abroad and the position she was offered: "It is like saying that a prime minister can be brought in who is one of the governors in the states in the United States. There are a number of suitable candidates, but it may be convenient for the head of public health services to be relatively weak. "